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Network Working Group G. Parsons Request for Comments: 3362 Nortel Networks Category: Standards Track August 2002

              Real-time Facsimile (T.38) - image/t38
                    MIME Sub-type Registration

Status of this Memo

 This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
 and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

 This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type
 image/t38.  The encoding is defined by ITU Recommendation T.38 and is
 intended for use as an Session Description Protocol (SDP) media
 descriptor.

1. Conventions used in this document

 The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
 [REQ].

2. Overview

 This document describes the registration of the MIME sub-type
 image/t38.  The encoding is defined by [T.38] and is intended for use
 as an SDP media descriptor.

3. T.38 Definition

 ITU-T Recommendation T.38 [T.38] describes the technical features
 necessary to transfer facsimile documents in real-time between two
 standard Group 3 facsimile terminals over the Internet or other
 networks using IP protocols.  The Recommendation allows the use of
 either TCP or UDP depending on the service environment.

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 ITU-T Recommendation T.38 [T.38] Annex D describes system level
 requirements and procedures for internet aware facsimile
 implementations and internet aware facsimile gateways conforming to
 ITU-T T.38 to establish calls with other ITU-T T.38 implementations
 using the procedures defined in IETF RFC 2543 [SIP-99] and IETF RFC
 2327 [SDP].
 Note that ITU-T T.38 Recommendation T.38 (04/02) [T.38] is an
 aggregation of the original ITU-T Recommendation T.38 (06/98) [T.38-
 98] and all of the subsequent Amendments and Corrigendum including
 [T.38D-00].  While [T.38] and [T.38D-00] describe SIP procedures per
 [SIP-99], the procedures can also be applied to the revised Session
 Initiation Protocol specification [SIP].

3.1 image/t38 Usage

 Annex D of [T.38] describes that the image/t38 media type is intended
 to indicate a T.38 media stream in SDP.
 This media type registration is not intended for email usage.

4. IANA Registration

    To: ietf-types@iana.org
    Subject: Registration of Standard MIME media type image/t38
    MIME media type name: image
    MIME subtype name: t38
    Required parameters: none
    Optional parameters: none
    Encoding considerations: Binary
    Security considerations:
       This content denotes a facsimile bit stream that may or
       may not be encrypted.
    Interoperability considerations :
       This MIME media subtype is intended to be used as a
       parameter by SDP in SIP call setup for T.38 as described in
       ITU-T Rec. T.38 Annex D.  Any use of this media type by
       email applications is not defined and as a result is not
       guaranteed to interoperate with a T.38 stream.

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    Published specification:
       ITU-T Recommendation T.38, 'Procedures for real-time
       Group 3 facsimile communication over IP networks', April
       2002.
       A copy of the T.38 specifications can be found at:
       http://www.itu.int/rec/recommendation.asp?type=folders&
       lang=e&parent=T-REC-T.38
    Applications which use this media type:
       Real-time facsimile (fax)
    Additional information:
       Magic number(s):
            II (little-endian):
            MM (big-endian):
       File extension(s): .T38
       Macintosh File Type Code(s): T38
    Person & email address to contact for further information:
       Glenn W. Parsons
       gparsons@nortelnetworks.com
    Intended usage: COMMON
    Change controller: Glenn Parsons

5. Security Considerations

 Security considerations for this media type are discussed in the MIME
 type registration that appears in section 4.

6. References

 [REQ]      Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
            Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
 [MIME4]    Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
            Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures", BCP
            13, RFC 2048, November 1996.

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 [SDP]      Handley, M. and V. Jacobson, "SDP: Session Description
            Protocol", RFC 2327, April 1998.
 [SIP]      Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston,
            A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M. and E. Schooler,
            "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.
 [SIP-99]   Handley, M., Schulzrinne, H., Schooler, E. and J.
            Rosenberg, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 2543,
            March 1999.
 [T.38]     ITU-T Recommendation T.38, 'Procedures for real-time Group
            3 facsimile communication over IP networks', April 2002.
 [T.38-98]  ITU-T Recommendation T.38, 'Procedures for real-time Group
            3 facsimile communication over IP networks', June 1998.
 [T.38D-00] ITU-T Recommendation T.38 Amendment 2 Annex D, 'SIP/SDP
            Call Establishment Procedures', February 2000.

7. Authors' Address

 Glenn W. Parsons
 Nortel Networks
 P.O. Box 3511, Station C
 Ottawa, ON  K1Y 4H7
 Canada
 Phone: +1-613-763-7582
 Fax:   +1-613-763-2697
 EMail: gparsons@nortelnetworks.com

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8. Full Copyright Statement

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 The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be
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Acknowledgement

 Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the
 Internet Society.

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